Case Summary

p1616 Outside counsel could represent a municipality on a contingency fee basis in a suit challenging a tax assessment, because unlike in People ex rel. Clancy v. Superior Court, in which the California Supreme Court held such an arrangement impermissible in public nuisance and eminent domain proceedings, a balancing of interests and delicate weighing of values was not required here.

PRICELINE v CITY OF ANNAHEIM (Duty of Neutrality) 180 CA4 1130 [See Clancy v Superior Court, 39 C3 740]